Pump.



JOSEPH BERG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T STEWART-WARNER. SPEEDOMETER.

CORPORATION, OF CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

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incarna.

Application :filed May 17, 1917. Serial No. 169,235.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, JOSEPH BERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at .Chi` cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pumps, of which the follow* ing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.l

The purposeof this invention is to provide an improved and especially compact form of pump adapted especially for inflat- I ing the tires of an automobile, but adapted also for other uses. lit consists in the elements and features of construction shown and described, as indicated in the claims.

In the drawings l Figure 1 is a vertical axial section of a pump embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a section at the line, 2-2, on Fig. 1. l

Fig. 3 is a section at the line, 3-3, on

he pump shown in the drawings comprises a cas1ng,.A, embodying integrally the cylinder, 1, the crank shaft bearing, 2, and

- a supporting portion, 3, occupying the angle is designated 8. The supporting portion is skeletonized by extendin between the inner end of the cylinder and the inner end of the crank shaft bearing. Said supporting portion is open at the end opposite the inner end of the cylinder, that is, at the bottom,-'to the full extent of the diameter of the cylinder Vfor the purpose of admitting through that end the piston 5, and also the piston lubricating wick, 6, and retaining ring, 7, for the wick; and said supporting portion is also apertured at the side opposite the inner end of thegcrank shaft bearing widely enough to admit the crank shaft with the `crank thereon inserted through 'said supporting portion for entering the crank. shaftinto its bearing. The bottom'aperture of thesupporting portion is indicated by the numeral, 4, and the lateral aperture 1n said supporting ortion for admission of the crankshaft o the crank the opening, 8, around both sides,`as seen at 8a, 8a, and this entire front and side opening is closed, to

guard the crank and pitman when the pump is in operation, by a sheet metal cap member, 9, which is adapted to be applied from the forward side with the two wings,.9a, 9,

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the margins of the openings, 8a, 8, so that said cap is retained safely by friction. The piston .lubricating ring or bushing is retained 1n position in the rabbet, a, formed about the cylinder for seating said lubricating ring, by means of the sheet metal retaining ring, 7, which is right-angled in crossshown, and adapted to be forced intol position in the rabbet under the lubrieating ring, and to be securely retained for holding the lubricating ring by its frictional engagement with the rabbet wall. Oiling apertures, 10, 10, are formed in the exterlorly-sloping shoulder, l", of the casing, reaching the rabbet and aording means of supplying lubricant to the lubricating ring,

The casing being integral as described, the plston and crank shaft with the crank thereon being'introduced through the openings inthev supporting portion as described,

1t is necessary to provide means for intrpducing 'the pitman and connecting it properly with the piston and with the crank wrist; and this 1s accomplished by splitting the itman lengthwise, axially with respect to t e crank wrist so that it consists of two parts, 12 and 13, each of which has a portion, 15, for embracing the crank wrist, and a portion, 16, for engaging the piston pivot pin, 1 7. rlhe two` parts, 12 and 13, are se-` split bearingportion of the pitman upon the pivot pin. AThe disadvantage of having a split bearing engaging the ,crank wrist is obviated, and an additional advantage in assembling is obtained by providing a sleeve or bushing, 25, on the crank wrist, two members of the pitman being clamped onto this sleeve and not directly onto the crank wrist.

The order of assembling of the parts is as follows: The two parts, 12 and 13, are assembled with the end portions, 16,16, clasped onto the piston pivot pin, 17, and pinned Vthereto by a cotter pin, 20, before the piston is `introduced into the cylinder. The piston being thenput-in place and fol`- lowed' by the lubricating ring, 6, and the retaining ring, 7, the crank shaft with the crank thereon is introduced into the crank shaft bearing through the open opposite sides of the skeletonized supporting portion of the casing, the pitman being swung aside for that purpose. The end portions, 15, 15, ofv the pitman, formed for clasping the crank wrist and the bushing sleeve thereon are constructed so that when the two parts, 12 and 13, are assembled as described, clasping the piston pivot pin, said pitman parts are parted at their extremities beyond the crank wrist clasping portion, 15 widely enough as shown at 15a to admit the crank wrist between them; and when the crank shaft is in place in the bearing, the pitman being swung to one side so as to bring the parting between said parts 1n the path of rotation of the crank wrist, as seen in dotted line in Fig. 2, the latter may be entered through said parting between the clasps, 15, 15. The bushing sleeve, 25, may then be entered endwise onto the crank wrist and into the clasp, and the clamp screw, 19, being tightened, the pitman is securely held in place. The bushing sleeve,.25, may have a iin, 25a, engaging between the two parts of the pitman as seen in Fig. 2.

For lubricating the crank shaft, a bearing, 1d, has a transverse cavity, 1f, which is U-shaped transaxially of the shaft, and which accommodates a lubricating bushing of felt or other oil-absorbent material, 27, whose upper end is exposed at the upper end of said cavity for receiving oil, and which is of course suitably apertured for the shaft to pass through it at the middle.

I claim 1. A pump comprising a casing which embodies integrally a pump cylinder and a pump crank shaft bearing and a supporting portion in the angle between the inner end of the cylinder and the inner end of the crank shaft bearing, said supporting portion being open opposite the end of the cylinder to the full extent of the diameter of the cylinder for insertion of the piston, and open opposite the crank shaft bearing to accommodate the crank in inserting the shaft into the bearing through said supporting portion, in combination with a pitman split longitudinally axially of the crank wrist,

. and means for clamping the two parts together onto the crank wrist.

2. A pump comprising a casing which embodies integrally a pump cylinder and a pump crank shaft bearing and a supporting portion in the angle between the inner en of the cylinder and the inner end of the crank shaft bearing, said supporting portion being open opposite the end of the cylinder to the full extent of the diameter of the cylinder forinsertion of the piston, and openy opposite the crank shaft bearing to accommodate the crank in inserting the shaft into the bearing through said supporting portion, in combination with a pitlnan split longitudinally axially of the crank wrist, and means for clamping the two parts t0- gether about the crank wrist, and a. pitman bushing on the crank wrist which is clamped rigidly between the two split members of the pitman, and which constitutes the bearing of the pitman on the crank wrist.

3. A pump comprising a easing which embodies integrally a pump cylinder and a pump crank shaft bearing and a supporting portion in the angle between the inner end of the cylinder and the inner end of the crank shaft bearing, said supporting portion being open opposite the inner end of the cylinder to the full extent of the diameter of the latter for admission of the piston in assembling, the cylinder being rabbeted at the lower end to afford a seat for an annular oiling wick, and an annular sheet-metal wick-retainer, angular in cross section, frictionally held in said rabbet below` the wick.

4;. A pump comprising a casing which embodies integrally a pump cylinder and a pump crank shaft bearing and a Supporting portion in the angle between the inner end of the cylinder and the inner end of the crank shaft bearing, said supporting portion being open opposite the inner end of the cylinder to the full extent of the diameter of thc latter for admission of the piston in assembling, the cylinder being rabbeted at the lower end to afford a seat for an annular oiling wick, and an annular sheet metal Wick retainer, angular in cross section, frietionally held in said rabbet below the wick, the casing havin oil inlet holes leading from the outer side to said rabbet.

5. A pump casing comprising lintegrally the pump cylinder and the crank shaft bearing, and a skeletonized supporting portion at the angle between the inner end of the cylinder and the inner end of the crank shaft bearing, having its openings adequate for the insertion of the piston into the inner end of the cylinder, and the crank shaft with its crank attached into the inner end of the crank shaft bearing.

6. In combination with a casing comprising integrally a pump cylinder, a crank shaft bearing and a supporting portion in the angle between crank of the cylinder and the inner end of the crank shaft bearing, said supporting portion being open opposite the cylinder for introduction of the piston into the cylinder, and opposite the crank shaft bearing for introduction of the crank shaft into the bearing of the crank thereon; a pitman split longitudinally in the plane of the piston pivot pin axis and the crank Wrist axis, and provided with means for engaging the split parts together on the piston pivot pin; the opposite ends of said parts being` formed to clasp the crank Wrist, and being parted at their extremities to admit the crank wrist between them into the clasping parts, and means for clamping the pit- Inan parts together.

7. In combination with and comprising integrally a pump cylinder, a crank shaft bearing and a supporting portion in the angle between the inner end of the cylinder and the inner end of the bearing, said supporting portion being open opposite the cylinder for introduction of the piston into the cylinder, and opposite the crank shaft bearing for introduction of the crank shaft into the ,shaft bearing with the crank llt-ll thereon; a pitman split longitudinally in the plane of the piston pivot axis and the crank Wrist axis, and provided with means for engaging the split portions together on the piston pivot pin, the opposite end 0f said parts beingformed to clasp the crank Wrist with space thereabout for a bearing sleeve or bushing; such bearing sleeve or bushing being adapted to be inserted endwise into the clasp and onto the crank Wrist, and means for clamping, the parts onto the bear`- ing sleeve or bushing.

In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois, this 12 day of May, 1917.

' Joenrn ienne. 

